Mrsprunk Member Username: Mrsprunk
Post Number: 12 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 10:08 am: | |
just curious if any other forumers will be there. this history nerd be there with dear husband and parents in tow. (: |
Spaceboykelly Member Username: Spaceboykelly
Post Number: 275 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 10:18 am: | |
more info? |
Mrsprunk Member Username: Mrsprunk
Post Number: 13 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 10:27 am: | |
its a scheduled "behind the scenes" tour thru the detroit historical society. i believe it is sold out. |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 2750 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 2:07 pm: | |
Mrs. Prunk: I'll be on the 11am tour. (They oversold it and so split it into two tours, the other at 1pm.) I'll wear my DetroitYES badge. See you tomorrow! |
Mrsprunk Member Username: Mrsprunk
Post Number: 14 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 3:00 pm: | |
hey kathleen...we will be on the 11am tour too. i will look for ya! (: |
Mikie Member Username: Mikie
Post Number: 134 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 3:03 pm: | |
I'll be on the 1:00 tour. |
Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313
Post Number: 607 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 4:35 pm: | |
The Fisher Building needs an observation deck <313> |
Exmotowner Member Username: Exmotowner
Post Number: 451 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 4:40 pm: | |
WOW. I would love to be there!. Let us know how in depth they go into the theater and lobby. I know the theater (mayan part)was destroyed but wondering if the 9 story lobby celing still exists under the newer one. (GISTOK?). |
Rax Member Username: Rax
Post Number: 128 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 4:57 pm: | |
I won't be there. |
Pam Member Username: Pam
Post Number: 3462 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Friday, February 08, 2008 - 6:53 pm: | |
I wanted to go but it sold out too fast. Please post some pics here Kathleen. |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 2759 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 1:53 am: | |
Nice to meet Mrs. Prunk and husband and parents at the Fisher Building tour today. As always, the DHS does a nice job. In fact, they had so many people sign up for the tour that they split the group into two tours, 11am and 1pm. I will post a few photos on Sunday, mostly detail shots. For some definitive photos, I recommend the Fisher Building posts on DetroitFunk taken by Mauser. There are 5 parts, plus a separate Building Info post. Part 1: http://www.detroitfunk.com/200 6/02/fisher_building_pt1.html Then link to the subsequent parts and finally building info. |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 6280 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 11:49 am: | |
Sorry to say Exmotowner, but nearly every piece of the old Mayanesque plasterwork was ripped out when they did the 1961 theatre reconstruction. Funny thing that... the old Fisher had 2,975 seats, and when they ripped out the old plaster shell, they shrank the theatre shell down to only 2,089 seats. Now with the impending theatre remodeling, they plan on adding a few hundred more seats again. The new Fisher does have a lot of dead space behind its' shell, and there is one Mayan style wall left somewhere in the building. Michael Hauser or Jim Luzenski would know where that is, but it is off limits to the public. |
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765
Post Number: 2501 Registered: 01-2004
| Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 11:54 am: | |
In this post towards the bottom are current photos of the Fisher Theater taken during the highschool musical thing that was there recently. http://www.detroitfunk.com/200 7/07/hockeyfoxfisher.html |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 2761 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 12:45 pm: | |
A few photos from yesterday's Fisher Building tour: Detail from the Boulevard bronze doors designed by Hungarian artist Geza Maroti
Detail from one of three mosaics designed by Maroti
From the 3rd floor balconies, you can see the beautiful ceiling and wall details
Fisher Theatre
City Knits
This place is a marvel....you could spend hours taking in all the beautiful works of art and design. |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 6284 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:01 pm: | |
Thanks for the great pics Kathleen! That pic of the back wall of the theatre with the theatre seats is well.... garish! Theatre Historical Society's 1995 Marquee periodical on Detroit theatres had this to say of the new Fisher... "The 1961 remodeling was so much a product if its' time that it is more dated than the 1928 interior would have been had it survived. Although the new Fisher took on a much tamer appearance, it was an expensive remodeling, and is made of quality materials." Now it makes one wonder what the next reincarnation of the Fisher will be like after the (IIRC) $3.75 million rehab. It would be nice if the one old surviving wall of the old Mayanesque Fisher were to be disassembled and reassembled for viewing elsewhere. |
Pam Member Username: Pam
Post Number: 3471 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:16 pm: | |
Thanks, Kathleen. Nice pics. |
Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313
Post Number: 609 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 5:34 pm: | |
Wonderful pics. Thank you <313> |
Douglasm Member Username: Douglasm
Post Number: 1014 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 5:44 pm: | |
Wonderful pictures of a grand building. It's been 33 years since I've been inside, but it looks as beautiful as I remember. The only two things that would be better would be to fly back and look at it in person again, and get a chocolate Coke at Shetler's Drugs.... |